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Air Sea Rescue Launch by Sybil Andrews, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00993

This is one of seven paintings Andrews made about boat building, which she developed after the war from wartime sketches taken while working for the British Power Boat Company in Hythe, Southampton, which built high-speed launch craft for RAF air sea rescue missions.

Sybil Andrews painting of an Air Sea Rescue boat, ready for launch, Glenbow Museum of Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. / RAF Museum

Boat Yard by Sybil Andrews, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00995

This is one of seven paintings Andrews made about boat building, which she developed after the war from wartime sketches taken while working for the British Power Boat Company in Hythe, Southampton, which built high-speed launch craft for RAF air sea rescue missions.

Sybil Andrews oil painting of Air Sea Rescue boat building at the British Power Boat Company, Hythe, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset / RAF Museum

Eureka Beacon

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1990/0272/R

The ultra-lightweight Eureka Beacon was used to support airborne landings, including those in support of the D-Day landings in Normandy. It was positioned by specially-trained advance teams dropped into position ahead of time.

Aerial, Power Unit, TX Unit and Cabling., RAF Museum / RAF Museum / Iain Duncan

RAF Camera Type F.24

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1993/0025/I

In the 1920s the RAF developed a camera for aerial survey work, manufactured as the F.24 for the RAF and the Williamson Eagle III for the civil market.

RAF Camera Type F.24 | 1993/0025/I, IAIN DUNCAN

Study: A Radar Operator at a Planned Position Indication Tube by Walter Thomas Monnington, pastel on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA02297

In this study for a watercolour (Imperial War Museums collection), Thomas Monnington depicts radar operators charting the position of enemy aircraft on a cathode ray tube (CRT).

Study: A Radar Operator at a Planned Position Indication Tube by Walter Thomas Monnington, pastel on paper, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / The artist's estate / RAF

Fighter Affiliation: Halifax and Hurricane by Walter Thomas Monnington, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1755

This painting represents a Fighter Affiliation exercise in which the crew of a Halifax bomber were trained to out-manoeuvre a naturally faster and more agile Hurricane fighter. The exercise was designed to emulate the real-life situations faced by bomber crew pursued by enemy fighters.

Fighter affiliation: Halifax and Hurricane. Walter T. Monnington. Oil on canvas, © RAF Museum

Avro Lancaster B Mk III, DV267, close-up of aircrew about to climb on board, 1944

Photographs, In Storage, PC72/203/1

Warrant Officer John Laurens, DFM, Flight Sergeant Les Burton and Sergeants Chris Aitkin, Don Bolt, Ted Royston, Cassian Henry Waight, Davies and Kibble are pictured about to board.

Seven flying personnel facing camera, on ground, one turning to camera as he enters rear door of an Avro Lancaster, RAF Museum

Winston Churchill in the uniform of Air Commodore

Photographs, In Storage, P018536

In 1939, Churchill was appointed the Honorary Air Commodore of No. 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force.

Winston Churchill in the uniform of Air Commodore, with cigar, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset / RAF Museum

Avro 504K (H2548), wrecked after crashing, Ambala

Photographs, In Storage, P020968

Avro 504K, wrecked after crashing, Ambala, 25 April 1922. Aircraft serial H2548.

Avro 504K (H2548), wrecked after crashing, with three men in front of the wreck, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset / RAF Museum

Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a (D8434)

Photographs, In Storage, P020965

Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a. Aircraft serial D8434.

Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a, starboard view, on ground, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset / RAF Museum

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